When The Man Comes Around chords by Johnny Cash

Intro (Spoken)
And I heard as it were the noise of thunder
one of the four beasts saying come and see and I saw
and behold a white horse…

First Verse
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There’s a man, going around, taking names
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And he decides, who to free, and who to blame
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Every body, won’t be treated, quite the same
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There’ll be a golden ladder, reaching down.
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When the man comes around.

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The hairs on your arm will stand up
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At the terror in each Sip and each sup
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Will you partake of that last offered cup?
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Or disappear into the potter’s ground?
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When the man comes around.

Chorus
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Hear the Trumpets hear the pipers
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One hundred million angels singing
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Multitudes are marching to a big kettledrum
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Voices calling, voices crying
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Some are born and some are dying
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It’s Alpha and Omega Kingdom come
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And the wirldwind in the thorn trees
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And the virgins are all trimming their wicks

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The wirldwind in the thorn trees
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It’s hard for thee to kick against the pricks
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Till Armageddon no shalom, no shalom

Second Verse
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Then the father hen will call his chicken’s home
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The wise man will bow down before the thorn
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And at his feet they will cast the golden crowns…
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When the man comes around.

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Whoever is unjust let him be unjust still
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Whoever is righteous let him be righteous still
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Whoever is filthy let him be filthy still
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Listen to the words long written down
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When the man comes around

Chorus
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C
Hear the Trumpets hear the pipers
C
One hundred million angels singing
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Multitudes are marching to a big kettledrum
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Voices calling, voices crying
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Some are born and some are dying
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It’s Alpha and Omega Kingdom come
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And the wirldwind in the thorn trees
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And the virgins are all trimming their wicks
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The wirldwind in the thorn trees

Outro (Spoken)
And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts
and I looked and behold, a pale horse
and its name it said on him was Death
And Hell followed with him.